When Katarina Bishop
was three, her parents took her on a trip to the Louvre…to case it. For her
seventh birthday, Katarina and her Uncle Eddie traveled to Austria…to steal the
crown jewels. When Kat turned fifteen, she planned a con of her own—scamming
her way into the best boarding school in the country, determined to leave the
family business behind. Unfortunately, leaving “the life” for a normal life
proves harder than she’d expected.

Soon, Kat's friend and former co-conspirator, Hale, appears out of nowhere to
bring Kat back into the world she tried so hard to escape. But he has a good reason:
a powerful mobster has been robbed of his priceless art collection and wants to
retrieve it. Only a master thief could have pulled this job, and Kat's father
isn't just on the suspect list, he is the list. Caught between Interpol and a
far more deadly enemy, Kat’s dad needs her help.

For Kat, there is only one solution: track down the paintings and steal them
back. So what if it's a spectacularly impossible job? She's got two weeks, a
teenage crew, and hopefully just enough talent to pull off the biggest heist in
her family's history--and, with any luck, steal her life back along the way.
[summary from Goodreads]

Why it’s on my TBR: I’ve heard this is a clever read with
fabulous characters. While the plot wasn’t entirely intriguing to me, hearing
people rave about the characters has changed my mind. As I’ve said before, I
will take solid characters with a less-than-interesting plot ANY day.

Eon has been studying
the ancient art of Dragon Magic for four years, hoping he'll be able to
apprentice to one of the twelve energy dragons of good fortune. But he also has
a dark secret. He is actually Eona, a sixteen-year-old girl who has been living
a dangerous lie for the chance to become a Dragon-eye, the human link to an
energy dragon's power. It is forbidden for females to practice the Dragon Magic
and, if discovered, Eon faces a terrible death. After a dazzling sword
ceremony, Eon's affinity with the twelve dragons catapults him into the
treacherous world of the Imperial court, where he makes a powerful enemy, Lord
Ido. As tension builds and Eon's desperate lie comes to light, readers won't be
able to stop turning the pages... [summary from Goodreads]

Why it’s on my TBR: Dragons. Magic. Kick-ass female lead.
RAVE reviews from the likes of bloggers such as April of Good Books and Good Wine. I have a feeling this is going to be my next epic fantasy adventure!

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I just recently read Heist Society and I thought it was cute and fun. I really liked how it was more about family (even if they weren't all the traditional relations) instead of all romance and whatnot.